Alex Trautwig/Getty Images David Wright hitting a home run in the sixth inning against the Phillies on Wednesday night. Ed Kranepool got his 1,418th, and final, hit for the Mets in the last game of the 1979 regular season. The team was terrible, finishing with a 63-99 record. The Mets were six years removed from their last postseason appearance and seven years away...

Pinch-hitter Shin-Soo Choo doubled off the wall in left-center to start the inning against reliever Anthony Swarzak (3-5). Choo took third on Jason Kipnis’ groundout before Carlos Santana and Michael Brantley were intentionally walked to load the bases. Kotchman fouled off the first pitch before bouncing a ground ball up the middle against the...

LONDON (Reuters) – England fullback Ben Foden has been ruled out for three months after suffering severe damage to his right ankle ligaments, the Rugby Football Union said on Thursday. Foden will undergo surgery after sustaining the injury during Northampton’s Premiership match against Bath last Friday. “It is unfortunate for Ben...

If all goes well, Baker could return to Cincinnati on Friday, the team said. General manager Walt Jocketty visited Baker in the hospital Thursday morning and reported that the veteran manager was feeling good. Bench coach Chris Speier served as acting manager for a second straight game as the Reds went for a sweep of the Chicago Cubs, a victory...

Dozens of joyous fans scaled fences and ran on to the field at the final whistle to swarm the home players after their first-ever win over the North Americans. “We can confirm that a warning has been issued against the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) following the events that occurred after the match between Jamaica and United States,” FIFA...

The All-Pro cornerback was cleared Thursday for contact in practice for the first time since suffering a concussion in the team’s season opener. Coach Rex Ryan was optimistic about Revis’ chances of playing Sunday against the Dolphins in Miami, but is leaning on the team’s doctors before saying the cornerback will definitely be on the...

In a declaration adopted in Cyprus, EU sports ministers and representatives of European sport called for “effective and sustained action” to nip match-fixing in the bud. But proving a link between fraud and the deliberate under-performance of players is not always easy despite mechanisms brought it to try to combat the problem. ...

Put in to bat first, Zimbabwe were restricted to 93 for eight wickets with only Craig Ervine providing some resistance with a top score of 37 off 40 balls. There were only six fours hit in the entire Zimbabwe innings and four of them came off Ervine’s bat. The batsmen failed to come to terms with the quality fast bowling as Zimbabwe lost...